HoPE

A platform for secure payments
and smart multimodal trip planning

The main purpose of the HoPE project is to advance the role of
public transportation systems through an open platform. This allows
to combine the management of fare payments with Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS). The overall platform is user-oriented,
making them aware about public transport and eco-mobility. It will
also provide them with a significant mix of services including
info-mobility, trip planning, ticket reservation, fare calculation
and mobile payments. As such, HoPE is a holistic system, focussing
the attention on the larger whole and how all its parts are
interconnected.

The HoPE platform will implement secure and accessible payment
procedures for fares, and provides travellers with smart trip
planning. For the latter we’ll enhance one or more key metrics
associated to their trip (fare, duration, emissions).

The HoPE platform will be piloted and tested in three European
cities (Coventry, Athens, Basque Country) and will be applied to a wide
set of local and regional transport means (buses, undergrounds, railway
lines, car-sharing, bike sharing, etc.).

TML is leading the work package on dissemination, supports the
consortium with the creation of business development plans, and provides
a tight liaison with the EC FP7 MODUM project which
we
coordinate.